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Nicola Roberts, the singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur best known for being in the pop group Girls Aloud, has spoken out about her experience of having trauma therapy as the survivor of a stalker. Speaking to the Guardian, Nicola described trauma therapy as “the best gift I ever gave myself”, after her five-year ordeal of being […]

A new survey has revealed the state of workplace mental health in the UK, particularly amongst young workers aged 18-30, and has found that 45% of young workers don’t feel they can express their mental health problems. Furthermore, 48% of workers aged 18-30 have experienced suicidal thoughts. This statistic is particularly shocking, especially when coupled […]

Married and civil partnered couples in England and Wales will no longer have to blame each other for the end of their relationship, with the introduction of no-fault divorce due to become law soon. The existing system can cause unnecessary conflict between the separating couple and any children they have. Finding fault, and combing through […]

Young people’s mental health is in the spotlight with good reason, and the last few years has seen a particular focus on mental health at university. The late teens and early 20s are a transformative period of any young person’s life, let alone when they live away from home and study to improve their career […]

The results of a recent YouGov survey have revealed that a third of children in the South East aged 5 to 18 worry about a possible terror attack. 35% of parents interviewed have said this fear is causing anxiety in their children. The YouGov survey, which saw more than 1800 parents included nationally, was commissioned […]

A news article in Isle of Man Today newspaper dated 20th August bore this stop-you-in-your-tracks headline on childhood obesity: ‘Allowing your child to become obese is a form of child abuse’. The article proceeded to quote the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, Alan Bell as stating: ‘We need to wake up to the […]